Vintage Sweaters

How can I lighten vintage wool sweaters that have yellowed with age to get the yellow out?

Purchased 2 beautiful icelandic vintage sweaters each has a cream background but the cream looks a bit yellowed with age. Does anyone know of a way to minimize this look or remove/ restore the true color. 1 sweater is wool the other a wool blend. I heard


Bluing gives a blue hue to white which makes the whiter look whiter. I would test it on a small hidden bit of the sweater first. Ammonia and water might help remove the yellow too, test that first also.

Vintage Fashion Newsreel: 1952 Sweater Girls

Fashion Flasback from the VIDCAT Archive! See the sexy sweater girls of the 1950s modeling the latest embroidered sweaters and wide cinch belts!

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VINTAGE 1950's PIN UP PINK WOOL ANGORA SWEATER HEAVILY BEADED Sz.38 $75.0007-Mar-12 13:45:53 PST

vintage EMBROIDERED DUCKS ON LORD JEFF SHETLAND WOOL USA MADE SWEATER SZ L -$19.9913-Feb-12 13:39:30 PST

Vintage Balboa High School - San Francisco - Varsity Letterman's Sweater $34.9911-Feb-12 13:39:24 PST

Classic Vintage St. John Piano Sweater Dress size Small Lightweight Soft Wool -$49.9913-Feb-12 13:38:17 PST

VINTAGE men's blue button up sweater/cardigan -$15.0013-Feb-12 13:36:03 PST

Vtg 80s handknit NEON colours funky WOODY WOODPECKER cartoon sweater XS S -$12.6216-Feb-12 13:35:41 PST

Vintage Girls BlueBird Sweater color blue $19.9907-Mar-12 13:40:39 PST

LUCKY BRAND VINTAGE INSPIRED GRAY SWEATER EUC SZL -$14.9911-Feb-12 13:34:24 PST

NewNWT NICK & MO VINTAGE GRAY EYELET KNIT CARDIGAN CROCHET FLOWERS,PEARL BUTTONS S $38.0007-Mar-12 13:33:40 PST

VINTAGE 80s EMERALD GREEN ANGORA APPLIQUE CARDIGAN L -$1.5616-Feb-12 13:32:56 PST

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Northern Lights Vintage35 Vintage Sweater Knitting Patterns from the 1940's - 1960's KINDLE Ebook Download (knit, knitted, women, clothing, clothes, yarn, crafts, tops, shirts, knitting instruction, make clothes)
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RVCARVCA Rebellion Sound Sweater - Women's Vintage White, XS/S
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Hey Viv ! Candy Pink Pearl & Chain Sweater Guard - Vintage Style
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  • Add a pearl sweater guard clip to your vintage or 50s look.
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VolcomVolcom Standard Sweater - Men's Grey Vintage Heather, XXL
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25 Vintage Sweaters Knitting Patterns - Patterns for Coats, Cardigans, Slipovers and More - Women's Sweaters to Knit Patterns
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Briar Rose Vintage KAL: Finished sweater round-up! | by gum, by golly!

It's been a wonderful experience leading you all through it. I learned some things about my own knitting and my knitting processes along the way. I hope I've helped you gain confidence in your own knitting skills and your ability to resize a sweater pattern, and hope you'll want to seek out more vintage knitting patterns in the future! I'd like to share my own finished sweater photos. I'm very pleased with how it turned out. My only annoyance is that I didn't actually measure the length between my...

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Retro Knits, Cool Vintage Patterns for Men, Women, and Children from the 1900s Through the 1970s
160 pages
Retro Knits, Cool Vintage Patterns for Men, Women, and Children from the 1900s Through the 1970s

Kari Cornell & Jean Lampe, Editors Everything old is new again in this collection of fun, hip knitting patterns dating from the early 1900s through the 1970s.